{"id":"an10.72","title":"Thorns","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an10.72","title":"Thorns","units":[{"id":"an10.72:0","sourceIds":["an10.72:0.1","an10.72:0.2","an10.72:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.72\n8. Ākaṅkhavagga\nKaṇṭakasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 10.72\n8. If You Want\nThorns"}},{"id":"an10.72:1","sourceIds":["an10.72:1.1","an10.72:1.2","an10.72:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ sambahulehi abhiññātehi abhiññātehi therehi sāvakehi saddhiṁ—\nāyasmatā ca cālena, āyasmatā ca upacālena, āyasmatā ca kukkuṭena, āyasmatā ca kaḷimbhena, āyasmatā ca nikaṭena, āyasmatā ca kaṭissahena;\naññehi ca abhiññātehi abhiññātehi therehi sāvakehi saddhiṁ.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof, together with several well-known senior disciples.\nThey included the venerables Cāla, Upacāla, Kakkaṭa, Kaṭimbha, Kaṭa, Kaṭissaṅga,\nand other well-known senior disciples."}},{"id":"an10.72:2","sourceIds":["an10.72:2.1","an10.72:2.2","an10.72:2.3","an10.72:2.4","an10.72:2.5","an10.72:2.6","an10.72:2.7","an10.72:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī bhadrehi bhadrehi yānehi parapurāya uccāsaddā mahāsaddā mahāvanaṁ ajjhogāhanti bhagavantaṁ dassanāya.\nAtha kho tesaṁ āyasmantānaṁ etadahosi:\n“ime kho sambahulā abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī bhadrehi bhadrehi yānehi parapurāya uccāsaddā mahāsaddā mahāvanaṁ ajjhogāhanti bhagavantaṁ dassanāya.\nSaddakaṇṭakā kho pana jhānā vuttā bhagavatā.\nYannūna mayaṁ yena gosiṅgasālavanadāyo tenupasaṅkameyyāma.\nTattha mayaṁ appasaddā appākiṇṇā phāsuṁ vihareyyāmā”ti.\nAtha kho te āyasmanto yena gosiṅgasālavanadāyo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu;\ntattha te āyasmanto appasaddā appākiṇṇā phāsuṁ viharanti.","en":"Now at that time several well-known Licchavis plunged deep into the Great Wood to see the Buddha. Driving a succession of fine carriages, they made a colossal racket.\nThen those venerables thought:\n“These several well-known Licchavis have plunged deep into the Great Wood to see the Buddha. Driving a succession of fine carriages, they’re making a colossal racket.\nBut the Buddha has said that sound is a thorn to absorption.\nLet’s go to the Gosiṅga Sal Wood.\nThere we can meditate comfortably, free of noise and crowds.”\nThen those venerables went to the Gosiṅga Sal Wood,\nwhere they meditated comfortably, free of noise and crowds."}},{"id":"an10.72:3","sourceIds":["an10.72:3.1","an10.72:3.2","an10.72:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“kahaṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, cālo, kahaṁ upacālo, kahaṁ kukkuṭo, kahaṁ kaḷimbho, kahaṁ nikaṭo, kahaṁ kaṭissaho;\nkahaṁ nu kho te, bhikkhave, therā sāvakā gatā”ti?","en":"Then the Buddha said to the mendicants:\n“Mendicants, where are Cāla, Upacāla, Kakkaṭa, Kaṭimbha, Kaṭa, and Kaṭissaṅga?\nWhere have these senior disciples gone?”"}},{"id":"an10.72:4","sourceIds":["an10.72:4.1","an10.72:4.2","an10.72:4.3","an10.72:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha, bhante, tesaṁ āyasmantānaṁ etadahosi:\n‘ime kho sambahulā abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī bhadrehi bhadrehi yānehi parapurāya uccāsaddā mahāsaddā mahāvanaṁ ajjhogāhanti bhagavantaṁ dassanāya saddakaṇṭakā kho pana jhānā vuttā bhagavatā yannūna mayaṁ yena gosiṅgasālavanadāyo tenupasaṅkameyyāma tattha mayaṁ appasaddā appākiṇṇā phāsuṁ vihareyyāmā’ti.\nAtha kho te, bhante, āyasmanto yena gosiṅgasālavanadāyo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu.\nTattha te āyasmanto appasaddā appākiṇṇā phāsuṁ viharantī”ti.","en":"And the mendicants told him what had happened."}},{"id":"an10.72:5","sourceIds":["an10.72:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhave, yathā te mahāsāvakā sammā byākaramānā byākareyyuṁ, saddakaṇṭakā hi, bhikkhave, jhānā vuttā mayā.","en":"“Good, good, mendicants! It’s just as those great disciples have so rightly explained. I have said that sound is a thorn to absorption."}},{"id":"an10.72:6","sourceIds":["an10.72:6.1","an10.72:6.2","an10.72:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dasayime, bhikkhave, kaṇṭakā.\nKatame dasa?\nPavivekārāmassa saṅgaṇikārāmatā kaṇṭako, asubhanimittānuyogaṁ anuyuttassa subhanimittānuyogo kaṇṭako, indriyesu guttadvārassa visūkadassanaṁ kaṇṭako, brahmacariyassa mātugāmūpacāro kaṇṭako, paṭhamassa jhānassa saddo kaṇṭako, dutiyassa jhānassa vitakkavicārā kaṇṭakā, tatiyassa jhānassa pīti kaṇṭako, catutthassa jhānassa assāsapassāso kaṇṭako, saññāvedayitanirodhasamāpattiyā saññā ca vedanā ca kaṇṭako rāgo kaṇṭako doso kaṇṭako moho kaṇṭako.","en":"Mendicants, there are these ten thorns.\nWhat ten?\nRelishing company is a thorn for someone who loves seclusion. Focusing on the feature of beauty is a thorn for someone pursuing the meditation on the feature of ugliness. Seeing shows is a thorn to someone restraining the senses. Lingering in the neighborhood of females is a thorn to chastity. Sound is a thorn to the first absorption. Placing the mind and keeping it connected are a thorn to the second absorption. Rapture is a thorn to the third absorption. Breathing is a thorn to the fourth absorption. Perception and feeling are a thorn to the attainment of the cessation of perception and feeling. Greed, hate, and delusion are thorns."}},{"id":"an10.72:7","sourceIds":["an10.72:7.1","an10.72:7.2","an10.72:7.3","an10.72:7.4","an10.72:7.5","an10.72:7.6","an10.72:7.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Akaṇṭakā, bhikkhave, viharatha.\nNikkaṇṭakā, bhikkhave, viharatha.\nAkaṇṭakanikkaṇṭakā, bhikkhave, viharatha.\nAkaṇṭakā, bhikkhave, arahanto;\nnikkaṇṭakā, bhikkhave, arahanto;\nakaṇṭakanikkaṇṭakā, bhikkhave, arahanto”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"Mendicants, live free of thorns!\nLive rid of thorns!\nMendicants, live free of thorns and rid of thorns!\nThe perfected ones live free of thorns,\nrid of thorns,\nfree and rid of thorns.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.72/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}